Combined automatically and manually operating coin counting and stacking machine



mun'rnia AND J. A. WILLIAMSON COMBINED AUTOMATICALLY AND MANUALLY OPERATING COIN STACKING MACHINE Filed April 15, 1 .2 Sheets-Sheet l mew? Dec. 1924.

J. A. WILLIAMSON COMBINED AUTOMATICALLY AND MANUALLY OPERATING COIN COUNTING AND STACKING MACHINE Filed April 15, 192

2 Sheets-Shaet 2 Patented Dec. 16, 19240 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFEQE.

JOHN A. WILLIAMSON, OF DENVER, COLOR-ADO, AElSIGNOB TO THE AUTOMATIC COIN STACKER CORPORATION, 013 DENVER, COLORADO, A CORPORATION 053 COLORADO.

COMBINED AUTOIVIATIOALLY AND MANUALLY OPERATING COIN COUNTING AND STACKING IJIAOHINE.

Application filed ApriI 15, 1924. Serial No. 706,747.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. lVILLIAMsON,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado. have invented a new and useful Combined Automatically and Manually Operating Coin Counting and Stacking Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined automatically and manually operating coin counting and stacking machine.

And the objects of my invention are:

First: To provide sir; difierent coin counting plates, each of which holds such a predetermined number of coins of the denomination of coins it is made to count, as will amount to the commonly used stacked unit of that coin, such as 25 pennies equal. 25 cents, niclzels equal one dollar, dimes equal $2.50, 20 quarters equal $5.00, 20 fifty cent pieces equal $10.00 and 15 one dollar pieces equal $15.00.

Second: To provide a coin-holding receptacle provided with a coin counting and stacking mechanism, co-operatively arranged in a small portable machine of only a few pounds weight, that is simple in con struction and inexpensive to make, and in which coins are manually manipulated to (ill slideways in coin counting plates, and the plates are manually tilted and then automatically dump the counted coins into an automatic coin stacker, such as is illustrated in my pending Patent, Serial No. 665,890, filed October 1, 1923, and in the patent issued to Lewis March 15, 1921, Patent No. 1,371,383.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved coin counting device.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is a front view thereof.

Figure 4: is a bottom plan view of one of the counting plates and its supporting means. And 0 Figure 5 is a front edge view of the plate shown in Figure 4.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

The frame of the machine comprises a flat bottomed coin holding pan or receptacle 1, the bottom of which merges in one side into an upwardly inclined flat plate 2, of nearly the same width as the pan 1, and the upper end of this inclined plate terminates in a hollow semi-circular roll 3, which is open on its under side.

The sides of the receptacle are continued in the form of vertical side walls 4, which also form an integral part of the bottom of the pan and of the inclined plate 2, and the lower edges of the walls 4: are on the same level as the bottom of the receptacle 1 while their upper edges extend slightly above the face of the inclined plate 2 to form flanges 2 The walls 4 are connected by an end wall 5, the upper edge of which terminates a short distance from the inclined plate 2, and the said walls 4 extend beyond the end wall 5 in the form of narrow portions 6,

which also form end walls for the roll 3.

The parts above mentioned comprise an integral structure, which is preferably made of aluminum for the sake of lightness.

The inclined plate 2, is formed with a rectangular opening 7 which extends from the lower portion of the plate to a point where the roll 3 begins, and its length is slightly less than the width of the plate. The opening 7 is adapted to receive any one of a series of coin counting plates 8, which are arranged with respect to the denomination of the coins to be counted, ranging from pennies to dollars.

The upper face of each plate 8 is divided by narrow strips 9 into five coin receiving slideways 10, each of which is of a length corresponding to the denomination of coins to be counted; that is, the slideways in penny and dime counting plates are each just long enough to hold five pennies or five dimes, as the case may be; the nickel, quarter and half dollar counting plates each have slideways corresponding in length to four coins of any one of these denominations: and the slideways in the dollar counting plate are of a length equal to three one dollar pieces.

As the slideways 10 vary in width to correspond to the denomination of coins to be counted, the outside strips 11 of the two end slideways will also vary in width, as five rows of pennies or of dimes will require less space than five rows of quarters or half dollars; and when these strips 11 are wide, as shown in Figure 1, their upper ends are curved outward and beveled, so as to facilitate the sliding back into the receptacle of the coins above the number required to (ill the slideways, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

A base strip 12, extends across the lower ends of the slideways, to form a stop at the bottoms of the slideways, and the plates 8 are adapted to be supported. and tilted, in the following manner, to discharge the coins from the slideways:

A transverse shaft 13, is mounted in the two side extensions 6, and at a point slightly below the upper edge of the opening 7 in the inclined plate 2, and one end of this shaft is extended and is bent at right angles to form an operating handle 1 1. A V- shaped bracket 15, is rigidly secured near its upper ends upon the shaft 13, which passes apertured enlargements or hubs 16 on the arms of the said bracket, and the terminal ends of the said arms are bent up and over to form hooks 17 which lie beneath the roll 3 and close to the upper edge of the opening 7 in the inclined plate 2. The lower or apex end of the ti-shaped bracket is apertured to receive a thumb-screw 18.

One of the coin counting plates 8 is passed through the opening 7 of the inclined plate, and its upper edge is slipped under the hooks 17 at the upper ends of the bracket arms, which define the upward movement of the plate, and also hold it in contact with the end portions of the said arms.

A nut 19, is soldered to the under side of each plate 8. near its lower edge and in position to register with the thumb-screw 18 in the lower end of the bracket, and the said thumb-screw is screwed into the nut, thus securely fastening the plate to the bracket. The lower corners of the plate 8 rest upon lugs 20 formed at the corresponding corners of the opening 7, so that the plate is held flush with the surface of the inclined plate 2, as clearly shown in Figure 2. When the handle 14. is pressed down, the plate 8 is tilted to the position shown in dotted lines, Figure 2, and the coins slide from the plate into a coin stacking device of the character described in my pending patent hereinbefore referred to, and which is arranged and connected to the present coin counting device in the following manner:

At each end of the end wall and flush with its upper edge are formed lugs 21, to which the coin stacker is secured. Thiis stacker comprises a hopper 22, of the'form shown in Figures 2 and 3, having one end 23, which is at an inclination of about 30 degrees to a horizontal line, and an opposite end which is at an inclination of about 30' degrees to a vertical line; the front side 25 of the hopper is vertically disposed and extends up beyond the upper edge of the rear side, as shown, and the upper portion of the rear side 26 stands at a rearward inclination, as shown at 27, thus enlarging the entrance or mouth of the hopper. The lower end of the hopper terminates in an outlet spout 28. A bracket 29 is formed on each end of the hopper, the upper and lower ends 30 and 31 of which are bent over at right angles. The upper ends 30 of these brackets rest upon the lugs 21 on the wall 5, and the lower ends 31, are formed with apertured portions 32 which are threaded to receive thumb-screws 33, which are screwed against the under sides of the lugs 21 and thus securely clamp the hopper to the said lugs 21. By reference to Figure 2, it will be seen that the mouth of the hopper lies beneath the roll 3 and in position to re ceive the coins which discharge from the tilted plate 8.

A hook 34 is secured to one end of the hopper spout 28, and is adapted to support a coin stacking cylinder 35, which is of a size to receive the coins which discharge from the five slideways. The stacking cylinder is of the form shown clearly in Figure 3, one-half of the width of the upper end portion being cut away to leave a chute portion 36, which is flared at its end to rest against the spout of the hopper 22.

Ears 37 are formed at the base of the chute in which a pin 38 is mounted, which rests in the hook 34 on the hopper spout. and thus supports the stacker below the said spout, and so that the stacker hangs at an inclination to a vertical line. The end, 241- of the hopper permits the coins to drop quickly down and out through the spout, while the end 23 causes the coins falling upon it to discharge more slowly through the spout; and by this arrangement the coins are prevented from clogging at the outlet spout of the hopper. The stacker is tilted, as shown in dotted lines, Figure 3, to discharge the coins therefrom into the commonly used paper wrapping tube;

In practice, the device is set upon a desk or a table, near enough to the edge of the same to permit the stacker to hang down in the position shown in Figure3. The receptacle 1 is then filled with coins, and a plate 8, adapted to the denomination of the coins to be counted, is secured to the support 15 in the manner above described. With one or both hands coins from the receptacle are then swept up the inclined plate 2 and over the face of the counting plate 3. and the slideways are thus quickly filled. and any coins in excess of the number required. to fill the said slidewavs will drop back into the receptacle 1. The strips 9 which form the guideways 10, are about the same thickness as one of the'coins, thus making it impossible for one coin to rest on top of another in the filling process, thereby limiting each slideway to the exact number of coins it is intended to hold.

When the slideways are filled, the operator presses down on the handle let, thereby tilting the plate 8 to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, which causes the coins" to slide from the plate 8, into the hopper 22, and thence into the stacker from which they are discharged into a paper wrapping tube by tilting the said stacker on its supporting pin, as previously set forth.

The device above described combines an accurate coin counter and stacker and provides for quickly transferring the stacked coins to the usual wrapping tubes without the liability of spilling them.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising a fiat-bottomed receptacle which terminates on one side in an inclined wall having an opening therein, a shaft mounted beneath said inclined wall, a support rigidly mounted on said shaft, a plate which fits in said opening and is removably secured to said support and provided with a plurality of slideways adapted to receive a fixed number of coins of a given denomination, and a handle on said shaft for turning the same thereby to tilt said plate to discharge the coins from said slideways, and a stacking device for receiving said coins.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a flat-bottomed receptacle which terminates on one side in an inclined wall having a rectangular opening therein, a transverse shaft mounted beneath said inclined wall adjacent to the upper end of said rectangular opening, a V-shaped frame rigidly mounted on said shaft, the ends of which terminate in upturned hooks which are positioned adjacent to the upper edge of said rectangular opening, a thumb screw in the apex end of said V-shaped frame, a plate which fits in said opening and rests on said V-shaped frame, its upper edge being engaged by said hooks, a nut on the lower side of said plate adjacent to its lower edge to receive said thumb screw, said plate being provided with a plurality of slideways adapted to receive a fixed number of coins of a given denomination, and a handle on said shaft for turning the same, thereby to tilt said plate to discharge the coins from said slideways.

In testimony wheref I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. WILLIAMSON.

Witnesses Gr. SARGENT ELLIOTT, ELIZABETH SMITH. 

